The Department of Taxation has announced that the tax cap rate for the 2016/2017 fiscal year is .2% for all properties: residential (owner and non-owner occupied), commercial, land and personal property. This excludes new construction or property that has a change of use.
A new study has warned that if a woman drinks in the first six weeks of pregnancy she risks permanent damage to her unborn baby. Drinking alcohol at between three and six weeks pregnant can cause symptoms similar to foetal alcohol syndrome, the experts warned. Past studies have found exposure to alcohol during pregnancy can damage a baby, increasing the risk of a child suffering learning disabilities and congenital deformities.
Light drinking, the equivalent of 1-2 drinks per week, during the first trimester, boosts the odds of a first trimester miscarriage by about 30%, and the odds of a early second trimester miscarriage (between 13-16 weeks) by about 70%, according to a large study of over 90,000 pregnancies in Denmark. The risk rose with greater intakes. Drinking 4 or more drinks per week during the first trimester more than doubled the odds of a miscarriage. A U.S. based study found that women who drink 2 times per week in their first trimesters had a 25% chance of miscarriage, compared to a 14% chance for those who abstained.